The class analysis of English textbooks in Junior highschool: A case of Cha-ing version

• Main Authors: Sung-ching Lin, 林松靖
• Other Authors: Shu-ching Li
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22033519584946223233

碩士 === 南華大學 === 教育社會學研究所 === 99 === 　　This thesis is intended to explore the social class dimension through examining the textbooks of Cha-ing version for junior high school which will be used in both Taipei cities and Keelung in 2011. It adopts the content analysis to understand how the middle, upper class and working class respectively are portrayed, the underlying power relations, the relationship between the content of the textbooks and social classes. 　 　　The study shows that in the textbooks the images of working class and the related occupations are underrepresented. The service sector, as well as the entertainments are largely presented. All of them don’t reflect the reality of the society. What the above is the life of middle and upper classes. The content also emphasizes the life style of middle and upper class like immigration and studying abroad and harmonious life which is valued by this class. What the findings represent the life style of middle and upper classes and the books become the medium to copy the class. Therefore, the editors of textbooks and teacher’s teaching in the school should realize the fact of the existence of working class, their life experiences and be presented proportionally in textbooks. The students from working class, then, can learn in the school the same as middle and upper classed, and the unfair phenomenon can be improved.